NORTHERN NIGERIA

Covers and stamps / Nigeria

NORTHERN NIGERIA NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 Apr 17 Envelope addressed to Stanley Gibbons in London franked 1896-97 1/2d + 1d + 2d + 2 1/2d each cancelled manuscript dated cancel in red, There is an error of date on 3 of the stamps - the March dates are incorrect as the new stamps did not arrive in N Nigeria until Ap 4 1900. The cover is not addressed by Lugard himself but probably by his Personal Secretary, H.C.Gollan, though the stamps are almost certainly cancelled in Lugards writing. Very fine and attractive.NORTHERN NIGERIA NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 Apr 17 Envelope addressed to Stanley Gibbons in London franked 1896-97 1/2d + 1d + 2d + 2 1/2d each cancelled manuscript dated cancel in red, There is an error of date on 3 of the stamps - the March dates are incorrect as the new stamps did not arrive in N Nigeria until Ap 4 1900. The cover is not addressed by Lugard himself but probably by his Personal Secretary, H.C.Gollan, though the stamps are almost certainly cancelled in Lugards writing. Very fine and attractive.

NORTHERN NIGERIA: 1900 Apr 17 Envelope addressed to Stanley Gibbons in London franked 1896-97 1/2d + 1d + 2d + 2 1/2d each cancelled manuscript dated cancel in red, There is an error of date on 3 of the stamps - the March dates are incorrect as the 'new' stamps did not arrive in N Nigeria until Ap 4 1900. The cover is not addressed by Lugard himself but probably by his Personal Secretary, H.C.Gollan, though the stamps are almost certainly cancelled in Lugard's writing. Very fine and attractive.

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